The Pessimism and Occasional Optimism of Juvenile Adulthood

This Friday marks many things - just like any other day. But the 8th May, as well as being the anniversary of VE Day, and the birthday of David Attenborough, is my birthday, and my 18th no less. The result of this is that I will have to close the door on my childhood and make the short walk down the corridor into adulthood, where my childhood will only be subsequently viewable through my memory window, which will inevitably be blurred and misted by time. Therefore, I've decided to write about my adolescence as a whole before I'm compelled into either renaming or archiving this blog. Treatise One - Reflections on my evolution in Blogs I think I continually underestimate the way in which Explorers, and indeed Scouting has shaped my life, even if I think about it frequently. I joined Explorers a slightly insular eccentric - bereft of meaning but able to make people smile either with my eclectic interests or my peculiar mannerisms, many of which I retain today. I've alw...

There is a great irony that Hereford’s most expensive season to date, what with the sacking of two managers, wider coaching staff along with a big turnover of more expensive players, now won’t count. Or, even if it is counted, won’t affect the Bulls in any way. So, finance aside, let’s evaluate where we are at, and where we could possibly go. At various points across the season we have either conceded too much or not scored enough with the pendulum at times swinging both ways. Reece Styche left us, having gone into the long list of in-form forwards who stop scoring upon signing – a list that includes Mika Kottila, Sean Canham, and Rowan Liburd who remains at the club but has fallen down the pecking order behind the veteran goal-getter John Lewis & his Partner Mooney, an emerging talent who can hopefully continue his development with us next season. At the back, things have been shaky. Kieran Thomas has had a good season, as has Jared Hodgkiss, but they’ve both played out...